Forecasting competitions: Their role in improving forecasting practice and research

A Companion to Economic Forecasting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 322-353

  Fildes, Robert ^a   Ord, Keith ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470996430.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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